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Kodaikanal (Tamil: [ko'ɖaɪ'kaːnəl]) (English: ko-DYE-KAH-null) is a municipality and hill station in Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.It is situated at an altitude of 2,225 m (7,300 ft) in the Palani hills of the Western Ghats.
The Kodaikanal Ghat Road has been designated by the Tamil Nadu State Highway Department as SH-156. It begins at 10°9′10″N 77°41′30″E / 10.15278°N 77.69167°E / 10.15278; 77.69167 on the Grand Southern Trunk Road (NH-45), about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Batlagundu and ends at Kodaikanal with a length of 56.8 kilometres ...
E-ZPass tollbooths, like this one on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, use transponders to bill motorists.. Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels.
Vilpatti is a Panchayat in Kodaikanal Taluk of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu state, South India.It is composed of the main village of Vilpatti and 11 hamlets. Main Vilpatti village is 9 km North of Kodaikanal town, but hamlets within its administration extend to the Palani ghat road.
Kookal is a Panchayat village of terrace farmers at the far western end of the Palani Hills in Kodaikanal block of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu state, South India. It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Kodaikanal at: 10°17′9″N 77°21′48″E / 10.28583°N 77.36333°E / 10.28583; 77.
Thandikudi is a Panchayat in Kodaikanal Circle of Dindigul District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] 35 km from Kodaikanal at an altitude of about 3705 feet above sea level in the foothills of the Western Ghats and Palani Hills. Vathalakundu is a forested area. [3] The name Thandikudi has multiple theories regarding its origin.
In 1875, the Great Southern of India Railway Co. extended its line from Chennai to Tirunelveli and a train station named Kodai Road was built near Ammaianayakkanur village, to facilitate visits to the then new hill station of Kodaikanal. [2] It has been operated by the Southern Railway Zone of the Indian Railways since 1951.
The Kodaikanal–Munnar Road (old SH-18) was located in Dindigul District and Theni District of Tamil Nadu and Idukki district of Kerala in South India. It covers 81 kilometers (50 mi) from Kodaikanal to Munnar. The road was improved by the British in 1942 as an evacuation route in preparation for a possible Japanese invasion of South India ...